Beinart v Dershowitz On Israel, Hawking and Zionism
MONDOWEISS: The heat surrounding Stephen Hawkin's withdrawal from a conference in Israel added heat to a debate between two prominent commentators last week …
Thomas Friedman in Yemen: ‘An Innocent Abroad’?
DANIEL M. VARISCO: I felt the ghost of Mark Twain speaking to me as I read about Tom Friedman's latest adventures in Yemen. …
In China Or Israel: ‘Something There Is That Doesn’t Love a Wall’
RICHARD SILVERSTEIN: Benjamin Netanyahu waxed enthusiastic about the inspiration that the Great Wall of China has provided for him. …
Thriving: The ‘Hate All Muslims Industry’ Is ‘In Full Flow’
RAMZY BAROUD: The anti-Muslim brigade who take to the media at every possible opportunity received another boost with the Boston bombing. …
‘Sauce, Goose, Gander’: Political vs Family Ties in Public Debate
PHILIP WEISS, CGNEWS: Josh Landis's marriage to a Syrian Alawite was judged fair game in a discussion on his views on the political situation. Why only him? …
The History of Palestine: ‘We Must Seize Our Narrative’
RAMZY BAROUD: Palestine's history has traditionally been told through the prism of an accepted Israeli or Western narrative. It's time for Palestinians to tell their own story. …
Brotherhood’s Battle With Judiciary: ‘A Matter of Revenge’
JUAN COLE: The Muslim Brotherhood's history with the Egyptian judiciary is defining how they are working, or not, with them today. …
Keeping the Balance: Qatar’s Rulers Walk Tightrope
DAVID ROBERTS: Qatar's been punching above its weight in foreign affairs but its rulers are mindful of the voices of its small local population …
Diplomacy Undone: Rice’s Disastrous Moroccan Blunder
THE VIEW FROM FEZ: As the plot to a Hollywood movie it would have been thrown out as incredible. But fact beat fiction this week in Morocco …
A Starbucks, A Golf Course and a Pub: The ‘Guantanamo Zoo’
RAMZY BAROUD: Barack Obama promised to close Guantanamo Bay but still it remains open. And what a bizarre place it has become. …
